Harley Brown-Canadian Artist
Born Harley Wilson Brown June 16, 1939 –Edmonton, Alberta
EDUCATION
Central Collegiate Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Alberta College of the Arts (SAIT) Calgary, Alberta
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts-London, England
University of the Arts-London England
New York Academy of Art- New York, New York
NAMESAKE SCHOLARSHIPS
The Harley Brown Artistic Endowment Awarded under Harleys name by the Calgary Stampede Art
Auction Committee to Aboriginal Students and/or work of an Aboriginal subject matter
Harley Brown Workshop awarded by The Friends of Western Art, Tucson Arizona
The Harley Brown Scholarship awarded through the Scottsdale Artist School, Scottsdale, Arizona
AWARDS AND ADMISSIONS
Commanders Coin-Canadian Royal Air Force
1953 (age 14) Silver Medal in Music- McGill University
1973 Montana Historical Society-(sold out) Helena, Montana
1977 Gold Medal National Academy of Western Art
1990 Robert M. Lougheed Memorial Award
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Two gold medals Cowboy Artists of America
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Gold Medal “Drawing” category at the Prix De West” exhibition
ASSOCIATIONS
Society of Western Canadian Artists
Federation of Canadian Artists
Pastel Society of the West Coast
The Tucson Seven
Northwest Rendezvous Artists
National Association of Watercolour Artists
Oil Painters of America
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Cowboy Artists of America
Honorary Marshal Calgary Stampede (with Prince William and Princess Kate)- Calgary, Alberta
Moose Jaw Central Collegiate Hall Of Fame
Calgary, Alberta Walk of Fame
1979 Founding Member of the Artist Association Northwest Rendezvous (NWR)
1990 Inducted into the National Academy of Western Art
1990 Inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
2004 Admission to the Cowboy Artists of America (CAA)
NOTABLE COMMISIONS
Royal Canadian Air Force Lieutenant-General Michael Hood CMM CD
Lieutenant-Governor of Alberta Dr. J.W.G MacEwan
Governor General of Canada Harold Alexander, 1st Earl of Tunis
Lord Shane Alexander
Winston Churchill
Anne Murray
George Lucas
President Ronald Regan Inaugural Portrait
White House Secretary of Transportation-Mary E. Peters
Mayor of Carmel, California Clint Eastwood
Terry Fox (Donation)
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson (Donation)
Uji, Japan Mayor Tadashi Yamamoto (Donation)
Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe (Donation)
Mayor Fred Eisenberger Hamilton, Ontario (Donation) COLLECTIONS/MUSEUMS
Glenbow Museum- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Eddie Basha Museum
Helena Historical Society
Museum of the American West: Autry National Center (Los Angeles, CA)
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum (Oklahoma City, OK)
Jim Pattison/Frank Sinatra Palm Springs, California
Anne Murray Museum
White House Presidential Library, Washington DC
Campbell County Public Library (Gillette, Wy)
C.M. Russell Museum (Great Falls, Mt)
Pearce Collections Museum (Corsicana, TX)
Tucson Museum of Art (Tucson, AZ)
Zelma Basha Salmeri Gallery-Collection (Chandler, AZ)
Periodicals Referencing Harley Brown
2001 - May Southwest Art, "30 Years of Southwest Art" by Editor, Southwest Art
2001 - February Southwest Art, "Contemporary Western Artists" by Editor, Southwest Art
2001 - February American Artist, "Capturing Emotion" by Schneider, William
2001 - April Art of the West, "Oil Painters of America" by Editor, Art of the West
1999 - April Art - Talk, "Painting Nudes an Artistic Challenge" by Macomber, Bill
Books in which the artist or his works are featured:
2021 Harley Brown’s Eternal Truths For Every Artist (Republished 3rd time)
2012 Terpning:Tribute to the Plains People by Harley Brown
2010 Star Wars Vision George Lucas
2008-Harley Brown’s Inspiration for Every Artist
2003 Harley Brown’s Confessions of a Starving Artist
2001Harley Brown's Eternal Truths for Every Artist
2001 The Artists Bluebook: 24,000 North American Artists by AskART.com, Lonnie Pierson Dunbier
2000 The Great American West by Editor, Settlers West
1998 Western Rendezvous of Art Twentieth Annual by Western Rendezvous of Art
1997 Mountain Oyster 28th Annual Contemporary Western Art Show by Mountain Oyster Club 1997 Leading the West: One Hundred Contemporary Painters and Sculptors by Donald J.
Hagerty 1997 Red Book Price Guide - 1997 Western American Art by Southwest Art
1997 The Tucson 7 by Sherman, Tisa (others)
1997 Prix De West Invitational 1997 by National Cowboy Hall of Fame
1997 The Best of Flower Painting by Rachel Wolf
1997 The Best of Portrait Painting by Rachel Wolf
1996 Prix De West Invitational 1996 by National Cowboy Hall of Fame
1996 The Artistic Touch II by Chris Unwins
1996 Splash IV
1994 Splash II
1994 The Artistic Touch by Chris Unwins
1994 Freshen Your Paintings with New Ideas by Lew Lehrman, Lewis Barrett
1993 Energize Your Paintings with Color 12 Artists Show You the Way by Lehrman, Lewis Barrett
1993 Master Index 1971-1993 Artists in Southwest Art by Southwest Art
1993 New Beginnings: A Group Exhibition by Jones Gallery
1993 The Red Book Western American Price Index by Southwest Art
1992 National Academy of Western Art Twentieth Annual Exhibition by National Cowboy Hall of Fame
1992 Being an Artist by Lehrman, Lewis Barrett
1987 Artist Invitational '87 C M Russell Museum by C M Russell Museum
1986 National Academy of Western Art Fourteenth Annual Exhibition by National Academy Western Art
1982 Contemporary Western Artists by Samuels, Peggy and Harold
1981 The Art of Trailside Galleries by Trailside Galleries
1980 National Academy of Western Art Eighth Annual Exhibition by National Cowboy Hall of Fame
1978 National Academy of Western Art Sixth Annual Exhibition by National Academy Western Art
EDUCATION
Central Collegiate Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan
Alberta College of the Arts (SAIT) Calgary, Alberta
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts-London, England
University of the Arts-London England
New York Academy of Art- New York, New York
NAMESAKE SCHOLARSHIPS
The Harley Brown Artistic Endowment Awarded under Harleys name by the Calgary Stampede Art
Auction Committee to Aboriginal Students and/or work of an Aboriginal subject matter
Harley Brown Workshop awarded by The Friends of Western Art, Tucson Arizona
The Harley Brown Scholarship awarded through the Scottsdale Artist School, Scottsdale, Arizona
AWARDS AND ADMISSIONS
Commanders Coin-Canadian Royal Air Force
1953 (age 14) Silver Medal in Music- McGill University
1973 Montana Historical Society-(sold out) Helena, Montana
1977 Gold Medal National Academy of Western Art
1990 Robert M. Lougheed Memorial Award
-
Two gold medals Cowboy Artists of America
-
Gold Medal “Drawing” category at the Prix De West” exhibition
ASSOCIATIONS
Society of Western Canadian Artists
Federation of Canadian Artists
Pastel Society of the West Coast
The Tucson Seven
Northwest Rendezvous Artists
National Association of Watercolour Artists
Oil Painters of America
Cowboy Hall of Fame
Cowboy Artists of America
Honorary Marshal Calgary Stampede (with Prince William and Princess Kate)- Calgary, Alberta
Moose Jaw Central Collegiate Hall Of Fame
Calgary, Alberta Walk of Fame
1979 Founding Member of the Artist Association Northwest Rendezvous (NWR)
1990 Inducted into the National Academy of Western Art
1990 Inducted into the National Cowboy Hall of Fame
2004 Admission to the Cowboy Artists of America (CAA)